126 Quotes by Pamela Druckerman

In the English books, the American kids' books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem is resolved.

A large part of the creative process is tolerating the gap between the glorious image you had in your mind and the sad thing you've just made.

If you had asked me what I wanted when I was 12 years old, I probably would have said, 'To marry a plastic surgeon.' You can hardly blame me: I was growing up in Miami.

When you're the foreigner and your kids are the natives, they realize you're clueless much sooner than they ordinarily would. I'm pretty sure mine skipped the Mommy-is-infallible stage entirely.

It's fine to discuss money in France, as long as you're complaining that you don't have enough, or boasting about getting a bargain.

Being an immigrant mother can be hard, but being a poor immigrant mother is much harder. You don't generally get to sit in cafes polishing your French by reading 'Le Monde.'

I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a middle-aged human - I felt very awkward about it.

When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.

There's this idea in America that you can be whatever you want. That remains an ideal in terms of how you dress too - when you go shopping, you try on all possible selves and then decide.